The Journal of Vegetation Science publishes papers on all aspects of plant community ecology, with particular emphasis on papers that develop new concepts or methods, test theory, identify general patterns, or that are otherwise likely to interest a broad international readership. Papers may focus on any aspect of vegetation science, e.g. community structure (including community assembly and plant functional types), biodiversity (including species richness and composition), spatial patterns (including plant geography and landscape ecology), temporal changes (including demography, community dynamics and palaeoecology) and processes (including ecophysiology), provided the focus is on increasing our understanding of plant communities. The Journal publishes papers on the ecology of a single species only if it plays a key role in structuring plant communities. Papers that apply ecological concepts, theories and methods to the vegetation management, conservation and restoration, and papers on vegetation survey should be directed to our associate journal, Applied Vegetation Science journal.

《植被科学杂志》发表有关植物群落生态学各个方面的论文，尤其侧重于开发新概念或方法、测试理论、确定一般模式或可能引起广大国际读者兴趣的论文。论文可以关注植被科学的任何方面，例如群落结构（包括群落组装和植物功能类型）、生物多样性（包括物种丰富度和组成）、空间模式（包括植物地理和景观生态学）、时间变化（包括人口统计、群落动态和古生态学）和过程（包括生态生理学），只要重点是提高我们对植物群落的了解。该杂志只发表单一物种生态学的论文，前提是该物种在构建植物群落方面发挥了关键作用。将生态概念、理论和方法应用于植被管理、保护和恢复的论文以及关于植被调查的论文应直接投递给我们的附属杂志《应用植被科学》杂志。

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